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Sunday, July 16, 2017

PKR: BN in panic as Harapan hunts their 'pirate ship'

BN's relentless assault on Pakatan Harapan, following the confirmation of its leadership lineup, was motivated by fear of being removed from Putrajaya, said PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil.

"Putrajaya is panicking because the Harapan ship isn't about to sink, but is preparing to set sail to hunt down Umno-BN's 'pirate ship'.

"And when the Umno-BN 'pirate ship' is sunk, we will surely find the 1MDB 'treasure map' in the hands of the pirate captain so that all the plunder robbed and stolen by the group can be returned to the people," Fahmi said in a statement today.

The use of seafaring terms was inspired by Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's swipe at Harapan yesterday, likening it to a ship with three captains that was doomed to sink.

This is after Harapan announced its leadership lineup on Thursday night. Anwar Ibrahim is the coalition's de facto leader, Dr Mahathir Mohamad its chairperson while Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail its president.

Fahmi dismissed Zahid's claim that the three would want to chart different courses for Harapan.

He highlighted the electoral promises the coalition outlined which includes establishing a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) on 1MDB.

This he said showed that Harapan would be led by consensus.

1MDB is the subject of various investigations in foreign countries.

In the US, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed civil forfeiture suits to seize US$1.7 billion in assets acquired with allegedly misappropriated 1MDB funds.

1MDB and the Malaysian government, however, deny that any funds were misappropriated.- Mkini